|  | 7.5 | Monitoring and Managing an IPX Network
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Writing a valid IOS command for troubleshooting IPX routing
Cisco IOS software supports a debug command and a ping command, allowing network administrators to view and track almost any aspect of network traffic. Cisco's debug support can be essential to network administrators in monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting Novell networks. The debug ipx routing activity command displays information about IPX routing update packets that are transmitted or received. A router sends an update every 60 seconds. Each update packet can contain up to 50 entries. If there are more than 50 entries in the routing table, the update includes more than 1 packet. In the example, the router is sending updates but not receiving them. Updates received from other routers would also appear in this listing. The debug IPX routing activity command should be used with caution, as with any debug command. It uses a great deal of router resources and could cause the router to "crash" and bring the network down.
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